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1. 1. Making the Old New Again : A Corpus Analysis of Semantic Change in Contemporary American English Slang

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Matthew Gallaher; [2023]
   Keywords : semantics; semantic change; corpus studies; corpus linguistics; slang; collocates; context analysis;

   Abstract : This study used a combination of historical and contemporary corpora to investigate semantic change within the contemporary American English slang words swag, flex, and swole. This study involved two parts. READ MORE

3. 2. The Semantics of Old Irish Landscape Vocabulary : Differentiation and Cognitive Linguistic Categorization

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Rebecca Madlener; [2022]
   Keywords : Old Irish; Historical Semantics; Landscape Semantics; Semantic Differentiation; Cognitive Semantic Categorization;

   Abstract : This project investigates the cognitive linguistic categories that structure the Old Irish landscape lexicon. The semantics of basic landscape vocabulary are differentiated based on collocate analysis and close reading of relevant text passages. READ MORE

4. 3. A Corpus-Driven Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation of the Syrian War and Refugees in the American Media

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Ahmad Tarek Safar; [2022]
   Keywords : Corpus linguistics; CDA; Syrian war; Refugees; American media;

   Abstract : This study investigates the discursive ways in which the Syrian war and the Syrian refugees are being portrayed in the American news media. It was conducted by combining the method Corpus Linguistics with the concepts of Critical Discourse Analysis. READ MORE

5. 4. The Image of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Immigrants and Migrants in the British Media after the Refugee Crisis of 2015

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Author : Tatsiana Samuseva; [2022]
   Keywords : refugees; asylum seekers; immigrants; migrants; collocates;

   Abstract : This essay examines the discursive construction of the image of refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, and migrants in a 1,472-million word corpus of UK press online articles published between January 2015 and December 2021. A corpus-based approach revealed the most frequent collocates of the four query terms, i.e. READ MORE

6. 5. "Beat the killer disease" : A corpus-driven discourse study on conceptual metaphors in British newspapers

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Pinja Vesen; [2021]
   Keywords : conceptual metaphor; corpus linguistics; coronavirus;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the dominant metaphors in corpora constructed of British online news publications. It uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis, consisting of corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, and agenda setting theory. READ MORE